News I called it! Acer takes on the Steam Deck with Nitro Blaze 7 — and it packs a full-powered laptop chip

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Acer has come out the gates swinging for the Steam Deck at IFA 2024 with the Nitro Blaze 7.

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[guraldunix]

I don't want to come off as overly pedantic, but the 8840HS and the 7840HS and the Z1 Extreme are all very similar to one another.

The HS series has slightly higher TDP in many cases, but the silicon is practically identical between the three. We're talking about 25 million transistors with 4nm lithography on all three, same amount of L1/L2/L3 cache, same die-size, same socket type, essentially the same chip.

Since that's the case, I don't know if I'd refer to the 8840HS as a rocket ship compared to the Z1 Extreme in the Legion Go or Asus ROG Ally, it will likely perform almost the same. It'll get a small boost from the slightly higher TDP, but the battery life will likely tank if you max it out like that.

I'll be interested in a side-by-side the other options available, once it's out.